When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.

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Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I...

Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I...

I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.

I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.

It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to...

It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to...

I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is...

I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is...

Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.

Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.

So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it won't...

So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it won't...

Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you...

Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you...

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before...

I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before...

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres...

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres...

I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.

I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.

If I look at it, it's about being able to get lost in New York,...

If I look at it, it's about being able to get lost in New York,...

I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in...

I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in...

I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording...

I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording...

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when...

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when...